Category: elearning
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Learning Leaps Part 5: Incorporating learning strategy while building products
Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. Since transitioning into Product Management, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about the difference between learning strategy and product strategy. Thats why for this final edition of…
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Learning Leaps Part 3: Using data to make informed training decisions
Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. Since transitioning into Product Management, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about how to use data to make decisions related to learning products. Thats why for this…
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Introducing Learning Leaps: Lessons learned while creating learning products
A little over a year ago, I decided to take a huge leap in my career. After spending nearly 7 years in the learning industry, I decided to make the transition into a formal Product Management role. The decision to move into Product Management was strategic on my part. I had spent the past 8…
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Lessons Learned from DevLearn 2019
Last week I attended The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn conference in Las Vegas, NV. It was my second time attending the event (my previous visit was in 2016). For those who haven’t attended a DevLearn conference before, it is a 3 day event where practitioners in the industry gather to discuss industry trends, best practices, and…
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Lessons Learned from Learning 2018
This week, I attended Elliott Masie’s Learning 2018 in Orlando, FL. It was my first time attending the event and to top it off I was apart of the 30 under 30 group. Overall, it was a great experience. For those that haven’t attended Elliott Masie’s Learning conference before, it is 2.5 days long and…
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OPWL’s 30th Anniversary Newsletter!
In Spring 2016, I began my journey to earn my masters degree through Boise State’s Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) Program. The program has made such a profound impact on my personal development and overall career path. Thats why I was absolutely delighted when I was asked to be featured in OPWL’s 30th Anniversary…
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Moving from Instructional Design to Learning Experience Design
Last week I was fortunate to participate in the Transitioning from ID to Learning Experience Design session that was part of the Training, Learning, and Development Community Playlist. Matt Sustatia and I spoke about the growing use of the term Learning Experience Design and how Instructional Designers can make the jump to LXD. The session…
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Uncovering the power of the journey map
The farther I get into my masters program, the more I realize how quickly 10 weeks can go by. This past semester was an absolute whirlwind – now that I’m more than two weeks out of it, I feel like I finally have some time to share all the cool tidbits that I learned. This…
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Lost without a paddle: My journey into the uncharted waters of learning experience design
Anyone looking for L&D jobs over the past few years may have noticed a growing trend – the move away from the label Instructional Designer and move towards Learning Experience Designer. I experienced this shift first hand after being promoted to Learning Experience Designer within my organization 9 months ago. The move uprooted me from…
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Using information mapping to write clearer content
Last month, I sat down with some of my coworkers to officially hand off knowledge base responsibilities. Since transitioning more fully into my LXD role, I haven’t had the bandwidth to manage them anymore. It was a little bitter sweet, but it’s so exciting to see others step up to the plate and expand their…